Andrew Welsh (politician)

Andrew Welsh
Member of the Scottish Parliament for Angus
In office 6 May 1999 – 22 March 2011
Preceded by	new constituency
Majority	8,243 (25.8%)
Member of the UK Parliament for Angus East Angus (1987–1997)
In office 11 June 1987 – 7 June 2001
Preceded by	Peter Fraser
Succeeded by	Michael Weir
Member of the UK Parliament for South Angus
In office 10 October 1974 – 3 May 1979
Preceded by	Jock Bruce-Gardyne
Succeeded by	Peter Fraser
Personal details
Born	19 April 1944 (aged 70) Glasgow, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Alma mater	Glasgow University
Religion	Church of Scotland

Andrew Paton Welsh DL (born 19 April 1944 in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician. He was the Scottish National Party Member of Parliament (MP) for South Angus from 1974–1979, East Angus from 1987–1997 and Angus from 1997–2001. He was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the constituency of Angus 1999–2011.

He was educated at Govan High School and Glasgow University. Welsh worked as a teacher before he became a politician.

Welsh contested Central Dunbartonshire in February 1974.

He was elected to South Angus in the October 1974. Following the election he was announced as the SNP's spokesperson on housing.East Angus from 1987 to 1997 and Angus from 1997 to 2001.

In June 1998, he was announced as a SNP candidate for the newly-formed Scottish Parliament in the elections that would take place the following year. Welsh was elected the first Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Scottish Parliament constituency of Angus in May 1999. He was appointed to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) during first years of the Parliament, when the various systems within the Parliament needed to be set up. He served on the SPCB until January 2006, making him the longest serving member of that body. He was Convener of the Finance Committee from June 2007 to March 2011. Andrew Welsh retired as an MSP when his term ended on 22 March 2011, ahead of the 2011 election.

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